The Night Market by Rawlins Zachary

Author:Rawlins, Zachary [Rawlins, Zachary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: ROUS Industries
Published: 2012-12-30T16:00:00+00:00

8. The Cat it Was Who Died

Warm water and lavender-scented bath soap, skin that stubbornly insists on freckling in the summer despite a small fortune invested in cosmetics engineered to prevent exactly that. Walking the hallways of a slumbering house, a deadbolt sliding home with exquisite slowness. Uneven illumination and the smell of the poisoned Atlantic, salt and ozone with an underlying hint of mineral oil.

“Wake up, Yael. We need to get going.”

Tobi, minus his left eye and a chunk of his ear, sat on the pillow next to her head, calmly licking one of his paws clean, full of practiced nonchalance that Yael saw through immediately. Yael transitioned from fast asleep with her arms around a pillow to kneeling on the bed with a startled cat held to her chest in seconds flat.

“Yael! Stop that! Put me down!”

“Oh, thank God, Tobi! I knew you would make it! I knew that you would find me.”

“I am very glad. Now, let’s not ruin the occasion by smothering me, please...”

Yael reluctantly freed the cat, who quickly scampered well out of reach before he resumed the conversation.

“Yes, well, I am sorry that I took so long. There were unavoidable delays.”

“I would think so,” Yael said, beaming at Tobi. “I assume the delays that you are referring to include the tentacle monster?”

“I’d rather not get into that,” Tobi said, shaking his head as if to dispel a bad memory. “We don’t have time right now. We have to move.”

Yael flicked the switch at the base of the lamp, blinking at the harsh light, then went to the sink in the corner of the room to splash her face with cold water, the only option the corroded tap offered.

“Where are we going?”

“To the station, naturally. We have a train to catch. But you know that already. I could hear your dreams a mile away.”

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